In two weeks and two days, we shall be moving into our house!! I'm still kind of bummed that we aren't closing on July 13, but oh well. My mom is coming in and with her she is bringing a piano(!), a small table to put under our Sacred Heart picture, the other part to Michael's bunk bed, and a cart for the kitchen that we used to have in our other apartment (it doesn't fit in the one we have currently). It'll be great to have her help since Tom, my father in law, had a six way bypass surgery about a month ago. His help in moving will be in the small things. I can't wait to get settled and shoo Michael outside in the morning in our very own backyard! Our first purchase for the backyard I'm sure will be a little pool for Michael to play in - he loves the one at grandma's. We'd like to get a swing set, but that'll require some saving. Before fall I'm sure we'll be able to get one.
The woman who lives in the house now has so many plants in the backyard, there's no way we're keeping all of them. I'd like to give the ones we're not keeping to a nursery, but I'll have to look into that to see if they would even take them. Or, now that I think about it, I do plan on making a vegetable and fruit garden next summer, I wonder if I could chop up those unwanted plants and use it as compost? If you're reading this Ann, what's your take on it? I'm reading so many books on gardening that I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed with how to prepare the soil, where to plant, how to rotate crops, keeping the bugs off, when to plant and harvest....goodness! If only it was as easy as tilling, plant the seeds and water.
Well, kids are awake. Better get going!
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It is that easy. Just figure out what you want to plant and read up on those things. Let me know what is in the yard, you may not have to get rid of all those plantings. You may be able to transplant them to another area. How about living in the house for the next few seasons and see what is there before digging things up first. Take it easy girl and figure out what you have and what you want to do first.
Happy moving in day and tell Michael to enjoy his big backyard!
Go to the library and pick up a book by Mel Bartholomew called "All New Square Foot Gardening".
Remember, Digging makes work and work makes digging. Just go to the hardware store and buy some lumber to build your raised bed. Then set cardboard boxes or a few layers of newspaper directly on the grass in the bottom of the bed. Then put soil on top of the newspaper or cardboard (not miracle grow or anything with fertilizer. Compost or manure is okay.)
Fertilizer is bad. It kills all the worms and bugs that enrich your soil, and eventually leads to sterile soil. You can use your morning coffee grounds, banana peels, egg shells, and other plant matter for compost and fertilizer. Just drop it right on the soil and let it decay.
@Communion_breath - Oh yeah, I'm speaking from experience too. I did the digging and tilling thing and it creates an outrageous amount of work. I've also tried the cardboard with mulch thing and it works way better.
Here's a great little blog about home veggie gardening called "Little House in the Suburbs". Today's post was about squash. http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/07/please-spill-the-squash.html